Co-Chairmen: Shawn Brannon
& Ken Smith
email:
amoryrailroadentertainment@gmail.com
Railroad Festival entertainment
will take place on the big
professional stage in front of
the Frisco steam engine (in
Frisco Park) and on Stage 2,

James Otto was born on July
29, 1973, on theFort
LewisArmy
post in the state ofWashington.[1]He
first took up singing at age
two and later learned to
playviolinandsaxophone.
However, he wanted to learn
to playguitaras
well, and at age thirteen,
he received a guitar for his
birthday.

Jo Dee Marie Messina(born
August 25, 1970) is an
American country music
artist. She has charted nine
number one singles on theBillboardcountry
music charts. She has been
honored by theCountry
Music Association, theAcademy
of Country Musicand
has been nominated for twoGrammy
Awards. She was the
first female country artist
to score three multiple-week
Number One songs from the
same album.[1]To
date, she has twoPlatinumand
threeGold-certified
albums by theRIAA.

Messina debuted in 1996 with
the singleHeads
Carolina, Tails California.Her
album was certified Gold by
theRIAA.
Her second album,I'm
Alright, produced
five Top 10 Country hits
between 1998 and 1999, and
sold over a million copies
in America. Since her debut,
six of her singles have
peaked at No. 1 on the
Billboard Country singles
chart and five of her albums
have received a
certification by the RIAA or
theCRIA.
She has sold over 5 million
records worldwide.

KEVIN
WADE PROJECT
- Kevin Waide is
a guitarist and
singer-songwriter
with original
compositions in
two movies
(“Fish Story:
The Curse of
Mocatawbi Pond”
and “The GumTree
Chronicles Part
II”) and a
passion for the
blues. Playing
semi-professionally
since the age of
16, Kevin has
“lived the
blues” both on
and off stage. A
purist in the
sense that every
performance is
unique, his
unconventional,
sometimes
irreverent
approach to the
blues is to just
let it flow. The
Kevin Waide
Project is the
brainchild of
Kevin and
drummer Chris “Foosh”
Fooshee and
celebrates its
eighth
anniversary in
2015. The
Project lives by
its motto: “If
we know it,
we’ll do it, and
if we don’t, hum
a few bars and
we’ll try it
anyway!” The
music is a blend
of the blues
with classic
rock and
country, and
even a little
funk and soul to
help it all gel.

JOHN
MILSTEAD
- John grew up
in Amory and
graduated from
Amory High
School.He went
to Baptist
College of
Health Sciences
in Memphis in
2001 and then
moved to Tupelo
to work for NMMC
Cancer Center as
a Radiation
Therapist.After
playing piano
bars for several
years in
college, John
wrote and
produced his
first project,
"Sides of The
Soul" in 2009.He toured
for a year with
Sister Hazel,
opened solo for
artists such as
BB King and
Maroon 5, and
sang on NBC's
Today Show.John
moved to
Nashville and
signed his first
publishing deal
as a staff
writer for Reba
Mcentire's
company
Starstruck in
2014.
Starstruck is
the current
management for
artists Blake
Shelton and
Kelly Clarkson
as well.He
performs at
Bluebird Cafe in
Nashville on a
regular basis.He wrote
and produced 2
songs on the new
Tiffany Record,
"A Million
Miles", that
will release in
Europe in April
2016.

John is
currently
producing and
writing a new
project that
will release in
2016.

JAMES
ROSS -
James Ross is a
21 year old
Singer-Songwriter
who grew up in
Pittsburgh,
London, and
Seattle. Growing
up in multiple
places allowed
for James to
immerse himself
in music from
many different
cultures and
walks of life.
He now shares
his time between
Seattle and
Nashville
allowing him to
experience and
thrive in two
cities music
scenes. His
alternative
pop/rock style
creates an
upbeat and
smooth sound
sure to impress.
James' 4 song
debut EP
“Clouds” is set
to release
April, 2016.

BLUES
COUNSEL started
in 1987 as the unnamed Jam
Band for the Kingdom Bound
Christian Music Festival
outside of Buffalo, NY. Some
members have played together
since the mid-seventies and
even the newest members of
BC have been with the band
for nearly 20 years. Each
member has a rich musical
history with Blues Counsel
as their touch point,
playing together as often as
they can. Like close friends
whose conversation always
picks up where it left off,
no matter how much time has
past, Blues Counsel's
eclectic blend of Blues,
Rock & a touch of Latin
continues to deliver therapy
for your soul through their
recordings and live
performances. Blues
Counsel’s Muscle Shoals
Sessions is their newest
project preceded by Let The
Healing Begin and Live at
The Ramp. Their 4th
CD will be released Summer
2016.

AMORY'S LARGEST
CAKEWALK -
Hundreds of cakes, pies,
cookies and other sweet
treats will be awarded on
Thursday, April 7.
The Cake Walk will take
place at the south end of
Frisco Park, near the Gazebo
Stage. The walk will be held
two times -
the first from 12-noon until
1:00 p.m.
and
the second
immediately following
opening ceremonies, at about
5:30 p.m.
During the second walk we
hope to set a record for
AMORY'S LARGEST CAKE WALK!
Tickets are $1.00 per walk
and all proceeds benefit the
United Way of Greater Monroe
County.

Whether it’s up on the "big
stage" with national acts
such as The Misfts, Drowning
Pool, Saliva and Staind, or
at a home town show in front
of their local fans, Killjay
promises to deliver a live
show that you will never
forget.

Crowd participation is a
must! The band grew up
listening to other rock
bands and going to rock
shows. They know first hand
that you don’t need to go to
a rock show without having a
good time. Knowing that,
Killjay makes sure that
everyone at their shows has
the time of their lives!

With over ten years of
experience playing live
shows, the band feels at
home on any stage. Killjay
has played on every kind of
stage from flat bed trailers
at barn parties to the main
stage at festivals in front
of 5,000 plus screaming
fans.

HELL'S HEATHENS

Saturday, April 8th8:15
- 9:00 p.m.

HELL'S HEATHENS -
Straight out of the pits,
these wild misfits come at
you swinging with heavy
beats and unworldly lyrics
that will leave your head
spinning like the exorcist.
With a metal sound all their
own and a style like no
other, you'll be joining
them on a trip to hell in a
hand basket and loving the
ride the whole way down.
These guys are no strangers
to heavy experimental
grooving riffs that manages
to show up in their music.
As they take stage, all hell
breaks loose!

SEEKING SEVEN

Friday, April 8th9:15 -
10:00 p.m.

SEEKING SEVEN -
‘Chaos
Before the Fall,’ the first
Seeking 7 album released
since 2012 is sort of a trip
through time. In the four
years since the group last
recorded its own new music,
attracting crowds to live
shows has become more of a
challenge in independent
music scenes and selling
hard copies of albums has
become a bigger challenge.
The digital age hasn’t been
the kindest for
up-and-coming bands in the
past few years, prompting
the inspiration for the
opening track of ‘Chaos
Before the Fall,’ ‘We Are
the Remedy.’
The song starts out strong
and noisy with its lows
leading into pauses before
quickly picking back up. The
P.O.D.-ish ditty pushes the
message for music fans to
rally behind local music
scenes, touting that it’s
not dead yet.
It follows up strong with
guest vocals from fellow
North Mississippi rocker,
Brittany Coker, on ‘The
Voice of No One’ before
falling back a notch on ‘For
Keeps.’
Overall, ‘Chaos Before the
Fall’ is representative of
what Seeking 7 has in its
bag of tricks with the
occasional piano melodies
and interspersed studio
effects. For longtime
listeners of the band, the
album’s eight tracks have
proven it’s works for the
band to step out of its norm
sound if not for a breakdown
of a song, for an entire
song.
Given it’s a homemade
effort, the album’s raw
exterior still cooks up the
ingredients of a trip to a
professional studio. Oops,
was that part supposed to be
a secret?
All in all, if you’re a fan
of a time when 90s grunge
was blending into a
resurgence of 80s-inspired
hard rock in the early
2000s, this album meets the
genres in the middle to keep
that dream alive.